32: Chapter 32: Did you know our world is digital?

Jiang Xiaoyu pushed open the old iron door.

As she entered, the warm light from the pendant lamp illuminated her weary cheeks.

She carefully adjusted the pinhole camera on her chest, aiming the lens into the room.

Inside the cramped kitchen.

Jiang Zhe was just placing a bowl of vegetable, tofu, and meatball soup onto the brown eight-immortal table.

On the table were steamed prawns, tomato and scrambled eggs (with salt and sugar), beef stewed with potatoes, and the vegetable, tofu, and meatball soup.

These were typical home-cooked dishes from the Gusu region, warm and comforting.

The fragrant aroma made Jiang Xiaoyu salivate uncontrollably.

"Big Brother, I'm home! Your cooking has improved again today!"

While changing into her little bear slippers, she glanced at the number of online viewers on her phone.

From the moment Jiang Zhe appeared on camera, the number of viewers skyrocketed to 150,000!

The two sat down.

"Go wash your hands, then come back."

Jiang Zhe said without looking up.

Then he picked up her homework for the evening from her seat.

Chinese, Math, English, Chemistry, Politics... a thick stack!

He raised an eyebrow, narrowed his eyes, and quickly flipped through them; they were all trivial assignments.

"From now on, you don't need to do any more of your school assignments, from your second year of high school all the way through to your third."

His tone was calm and unquestionable.

"Huh?"

Jiang Xiaoyu, who had just returned from washing her hands, looked astonished, her beautiful eyes wide.

The live stream chat froze for a moment, then exploded with comments.

"WTF??"

"What did I just hear? A brother telling his sister she doesn't have to do homework anymore?"

"Is this brother an angel or a devil?"

"Damn, this is something I could only hear in my dreams!"

Jiang Zhe looked at Jiang Xiaoyu's shocked expression and said solemnly:

"If any teachers ask about it, tell them to call me directly, or summon me to school, and I will handle it."

"Anyway, just be happy at school. If you can't learn something, I'll tutor you personally when you get back!"

In his previous life, Jiang Zhe was a top-tier strategist at the Hidden Dragon Base.

Everything he participated in involved national destiny and strategic blueprints for future trends.

He understood the importance of efficiency and prioritization better than anyone else.

Repetitive, low-level, meaningless mechanical labor like high school homework...

Only dampens enthusiasm for learning and wastes a human's limited lifespan.

For true talent, this kind of behavior is tantamount to [murder], or even [imprinting a mindset]!

It took a long time for Jiang Xiaoyu to react.

Her face was full of shock.

But even more so, it was filled with excitement and admiration for her brother!

"Brother, if I don't do my homework, what if—I mean, what if—I can't get into a second-tier university and can only go to some lousy vocational college?"

Jiang Zhe said with absolute certainty:

"Effort is not worth mentioning in the face of talent."

"If you are good at studying, even if you play games and go shopping all day without doing homework, your academic performance will still be excellent!"

"What you should be doing is broadening your horizons and your understanding of all things, not burying yourself in those problems."

Hearing Jiang Zhe's words, the live stream chat exploded instantly.

"Damn it, the country really owes me a brother like this!"

"Although it sounds good, is this really okay? How is the brother going to improve his sister's intelligence?"

"Xiaoyu's brother, do you still need an adopted sister? I can be an adopted one, and I've even been to college."

Amidst countless fanatical and admiring comments, Jiang Xiaoyu finished her dinner with excitement.

If their parents were still alive, they would never let her be like this.

In the end, the only one who truly cares about her is her brother!

...

Inside the operations department.

Watching the steadily rising traffic in the live stream room.

Operator Wang showed a look of satisfaction.

"As expected of Jiang Zhe, he easily accomplished what other brothers couldn't."

An operator nearby pondered and said:

"He is right; intelligence is genetically inherited. Acquired effort is really not worth mentioning—except for physical exertion."

"I used to play all day long without studying, and I still got high scores on exams."

"Others studied hard, but in the end, they were still mediocre."

The other operators nodded in agreement.

They understood this all too well!

It is recognized by a small group of people that genes determine intelligence.

Only ordinary people and ordinary parents believe that effort can change everything!

That is simply nonsense!

On screen.

Jiang Xiaoyu finished cleaning up the dishes.

Jiang Xiaoyu sat on the white sofa, facing Jiang Zhe on the black sofa.

The atmosphere inexplicably became somewhat formal.

Jiang Xiaoyu shifted left and right, adjusting the camera to capture the most direct angle of her brother's stunning face!

Finally, Jiang Zhe spoke.

"Your math foundation is too weak; if you continue learning as you are, you won't be able to grasp it."

"Starting tonight, I will use simpler foundations to teach you more interesting calculus, improving your mathematical logic and your subsequent understanding of lower-level mathematics."

"Huh? Calculus?"

Jiang Xiaoyu's beautiful eyes widened, and she nearly jumped off the sofa in a panic. "Big Brother, I'm only in my second year of high school; do I really have to learn calculus?"

"That's something only students in the second semester of their third year or math whizzes learn!"

"Besides, didn't you drop out in your second year of high school?"

How could Jiang Xiaoyu let Jiang Zhe teach her the serious stuff?

If he taught serious subjects, what would happen to the live stream traffic?

The viewers were all here for her brother and the interesting content he spoke about, not for serious tutoring!

"No, no, I appreciate your kindness, Big Brother, but I don't want to learn that!"

Seeing this, the viewers couldn't help but get anxious.

"Bad brother!"

"Calculus, get the hell out of here!"

"Can calculus really be described as 'interesting'?"

"Oh my god, the 'interesting' of a genius brother is not the same as our 'interesting'."

"Jiang Xiaoyu, run! This is your brother's sweet trap; I know it all too well!"

"..."

Jiang Zhe caught the somewhat strange and skeptical expression on Jiang Xiaoyu's face.

He shook his head slightly and stopped his original train of thought.

He had originally planned to use more advanced mathematics to elevate her understanding of the subject—this way, learning simple high school math would be much easier.

Unexpectedly, it had the opposite effect!

Now, he needed to change his strategy!

"Big Brother understands."

Jiang Zhe leaned forward slightly and, with a serious expression, threw out a shocking topic:

"Since Jiang Xiaoyu isn't interested in calculus, Big Brother will try a different approach."

"Jiang Xiaoyu, do you know that, to a certain extent, our world is actually..."

"A digital universe!"

Since she wasn't interested in ordinary math, she should be interested in this kind of content, right?

As his words fell, the warm living room went silent.

Jiang Xiaoyu was dumbfounded, completely unable to keep up with her brother's train of thought!

At this moment, the live stream room connected to the pinhole camera on her chest also instantly boiled over.

Almost simultaneously.

Inside the teacher dormitory of Gusu No. 1 High School.

Teacher Wu and Teacher Zhao had gathered, squeezed into Professor Wang Shouren's small single bedroom.

The three of them sat around a small table, looking up at the projection screen.

Peanuts, melon seeds, and beer were already prepared in their hands.

Since the day before yesterday, there had been rumors in the school—

That the relationship between the three of them was abnormal, and even today, Professor Wang Shouren had been called in for a talk by the principal.

The usually steady principal had said:

[You three need to pay attention to your personal conduct; if you are truly lonely, could you add me to your group?]

Professor Wang Shouren was stunned.

"It's starting, it's finally starting!"

Professor Wang Shouren pointed excitedly at the projection screen.

They had just stopped working on their lesson plans when they heard Jiang Zhe's words:

[Our world is digital!]

"Hiss~~"

The three looked at each other, seeing the shock and bewilderment on each other's faces.

...

Kyoto.

Inside a retired professor's two-bedroom apartment.

Professor Chen Runzhi rushed into the kitchen, practically dancing with excitement.

"Quick, Professor Wang Shouren, Qian Mingyi, stop washing the dishes, Xiaoyu's brother has started!"

"What?"

"Coming right now!"

Professor Wang Shouren and Qian Mingyi were the two old friends Professor Chen Runzhi had called earlier in their WeChat group.

Hearing about the live stream today, the two of them had arrived at Professor Chen Runzhi's home early.

They hurriedly dried their hands, returned to the living room, and projected the live stream directly onto the LCD TV.

Just as they connected to the live stream, the words that greeted their ears were Jiang Zhe's:

"Do you know that our world is actually digital?"

Upon hearing this, the three history and philosophy professors in their sixties were as if struck by a freezing spell, instantly frozen on the sofa.

Professor Chen Runzhi said with a look of astonishment: "What on earth is Xiaoyu's brother talking about tonight?"